Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Stockport (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Stockport. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Stockport is located in Columbia County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Stockport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stockport:
- Columbia County (The home county of Stockport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Rossman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Stottville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lorenz Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Greenport Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mellenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ghent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kinderhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Philmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harlemville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Coeymans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alcove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- South Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- South Westerlo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Dormansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Feura Bush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Upper Red Hook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Tivoli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Cruger Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Mount Ross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Red Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Bethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Irondale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Spencer Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Coxsackie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- South Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Surprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Gayhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Brainard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Greenbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Luther
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Hoag Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Best
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Couse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Bates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Manorkill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Malden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Daisy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Sweet Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Taconic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Wangum Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- North Canaan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Amesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Alford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- North Egremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Rockdale Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Egremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Housatonic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- West Stockbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Egremont Plain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Glendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Van Deusenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Mount Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stockport, see our County-by-County Page for Stockport.
Cemeteries Near Stockport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stockport.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Stockport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stockport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lampman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- German Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (368 more) ...
- Coxsackie Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hallenbeck - Collerberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Firwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Stockport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stockport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stockport, with the one closest to Stockport listed first.
- Columbiaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stottville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rossman
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Stuyvesant Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenport Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Coxsackie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Athens is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
- Stuyvesant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Claverack
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mellenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pulvers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pulvers is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulvers
- West Coxsackie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stockport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stockport.
Newspapers Published in Stockport ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stockport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stockport, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stockport.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Stockport:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stockport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stockport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |